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Torres Strait Islands

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Torres Strait Islands

Island group, in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea. The inhabitants are a mixture of Polynesians, Melanesians, and Aboriginals. Administratively part of Queensland, Australia, they consist of three clusters: Western (high, rocky, and barren), Central (coral), and Eastern (volcanic, with dense vegetation); each has its own local government. The islands may be remnants of a land bridge that once linked Asia and Australia. They were annexed by Queensland in the 1870s. Pearls, fishing, and tourism are the main sources of income.
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In this area are 100 islands called the Torres Strait Islands, but just 19 are inhabited by the native people.
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1) Mara Bun recently met with the Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, to seek the government's input to the National People's Assembly recommendations, including support for developing three pivotal human capacity building networks across the Asia-Pacific region, and for an increased focus on Torres Strait Islands adaptation.
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A vaccination program initiated on the outer Torres Strait islands in 1995, including Badu Island, appears to have limited the number of human clinical cases (5).
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